Good morning. It’s Tuesday, September 17, 2019 and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.
The NHL Players' Association opted to not exercise its right to reopen the NHL/NHLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement, guaranteeing labor peace for the league through 2022. The NHL previously announced on Aug. 30 it would not reopen the agreement. "While players have concerns with the current CBA, we agree with the League that working together to address those concerns is the preferred course of action instead of terminating the agreement following this season," NHLPA executive director Don Fehr said. "We have been having discussions with the League about an extension of the CBA and expect that those talks will continue." PROGRAMMING
The NFL brought joy to FOX over the weekend, as the channel reports back-to-back wins as the top-rated NFL telecast of the period as the Rams win over the Saints in America’s Game of the Week drew a 15.8/32 metered market Nielsen sore, and up 13% over last year’s comparable window. The regional game, meanwhile, averaged an 11.4/25 to marks the network’s top performer for a regional contest since 2013, and up 21% over last year. CBS Sports’ second singleheader week of the 2019 NFL season on Sunday delivered a 19% ratings uptick over its comparable second singleheader week last year. The NFL on CBS drew a 9.9/22 average household rating/share in the metered markets. The two singleheaders-to-date on CBS in 2019 are averaging a 10.1/22, up 6% from a 9.5/20 for the first two singleheaders of the 2018 season, which is the best metered market average for the first two singleheaders of the season on CBS since 2016. Meanwhile, NBC’s Sunday Night Football continued to rank as the evening’s top primetime show despite a dip for the Eagles/Falcons matchup in overnight numbers, notching a 12.2/22 to double the night’s number two show in 60 Minutes CBS Sports locked in its SEC on CBS football game for Sept. 28, at 3:30p, selecting Ole Miss/Alabama. Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson and reporter Jamie Erdahl will call the contest from Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. The Cricket World Cup 2019 ranked as the event’s most watched outing of all time in global numbers, per a report from The International Cricket Council. The org announced that “The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 was the most watched ICC event ever with a global cumulative average audience of 1.6 billion for live coverage, a 38% increase over the 2015 edition and a unique broadcast audience of 706 million viewers, demonstrating the phenomenal reach and power of live cricket around the world.” It added that “The event also recorded a 42% increase in average time watched per unique viewer in comparison to the 2015 Men’s Cricket World Cup.” Tennis Channel's third year of exclusive Laver Cup television coverage opens serve on Friday, at 7a, featuring six of the top European stars facing off against six of the best players from the rest of the world. The network will offer complete live coverage of the three-day event, held in Geneva this year. Tennis Channel will showcase over 20 hours of live Laver Cup coverage in 2019, with encore matches following the conclusion of each day's play. The network's on-air team features Hall of Famer and analyst Lindsay Davenport along with coach Paul Annacone. Tennis Channel's announcers include veteran sportscasters Brett Haber, Steve Weissman and newcomer Noah Eagle. The NBA and Sky Italia cemented a four-year broadcast and multi-platform partnership expansion for Sky Italia to continue its run as the NBA’s exclusive broadcast partner and official website operator in Italy. Sky Italia will carry more than 300 live games each season, including a record 48 weekend primetime games as part of the league’s NBA Saturdays and NBA Sundays programming. On the local front, the New York Riptide of the National Lacrosse League announced that nine games for the Riptide’s inaugural season will be telecast on MSG Networks. The first Riptide telecast on MSG Networks will take place on Dec. 14 against the Vancouver Warriors at 10p. “The Riptide are proud to partner with MSG Networks to bring games from our inaugural season to fans throughout the tri-state area. We are building an exciting, gritty team that fans will love to watch,” said Erik Baker, Co-Founder and Managing Director of GF Capital and Board Member of GF Sports. “As a new franchise, finding the right partners is critical to success, and we couldn’t ask for a better platform to showcase the Riptide than MSG Networks.” The LA Clippers will see Clippers radio voice Brian Sieman take on play-by-play on TV for Clippers games on Prime Ticket/FOX Sports San Diego with Chauncey Billups providing color commentary for two thirds of games. With Sieman’s transition to television, Noah Eagle will call Clippers games on AM 570 L.A. Sports. Kristina Pink and Jaime Maggio will return as in-game reporters on Prime Ticket, and Hall of Famer Mike Fratello and Corey Maggette will split color commentary duties for the games not featuring Billups. |
| The Cynopsis Best Of The Best Awards Category Focus: The Best Approach To Social Good Take a look at categories for those individuals and companies utilizing the media industry to forge positive change in our community, including: Best Social Good Partnership, Best “Me Too” Awareness Campaign, Best Anti-Bullying Awareness Campaign, Best TV/Digital Episode With A Social Good Theme, Best Philanthropic Campaign and more . ENTER BY 10/23 |
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SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION
The PGA TOUR and YETI Holdings, a premium outdoor brand, inked a new partnership that makes YETI the “Official Insulated Cup” and “Official Insulated Cooler” of the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions. The multi-year agreement includes product licensing, as well as the exclusive right to sell YETI drinkware and coolers at TOUR-operated tournament retail outlets and TPC facilities, a number of which host TOUR events. This marks the third league partnership for YETI, following NASCAR and PBR. Dunkin’ extended its deal as sponsor of the National Women’s Hockey League to remain the official coffee and quick service restaurant of the NWHL. Dunkin’s pink and orange logo will continue to be featured on the front of all team jerseys, signage on league goal posts and behind each bench. Brand advertising will be part of www.nwhl.zone and each team website or landing page as well. Dunkin’ will also play a part in special events throughout the NWHL season and playoffs, including All Star Weekend and the Isobel Cup Tour as the league’s championship trophy travels around North America. This year’s Triple-A National Championship Game, played this evening at AutoZone Park in Memphis, will see Allegiant, the “Official Airline of Minor League Baseball,” become the first on-field jersey patch partner in Triple-A National Championship Game history. The game will be televised live nationally on FS1 and available for live streaming on the FOX Sports app. Unibet locked in a multi-year sponsorship deal with the NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Hockey Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur has been named Unibet’s Brand Ambassador to magnify Unibet’s presence in the New Jersey market. Through the marketing partnership, Unibet will receive in-arena and digital presence. The partnership with the Devils marks Unibet’s first with a U.S. based professional sports team and its first significant investment in the U.S. market. DIGITAL, DATA & TECH
Continuing the betting theme, SBTech secured a multi-channel sportsbook partnership with Svenska Spel Sport & Casino, Sweden’s leading lottery, betting and casino gaming operator. The agreement will form a long-term partnership within the newly regulated Swedish market that will “elevate and enhance” the sports offering for Svenska Spel’s player base. FanDuel Group and Pat McAfee announced a multi-year partnership, designating FanDuel as the exclusive sports betting, daily fantasy sports, casino, and horse racing partner of Pat McAfee. As part of the partnership, Pat McAfee will make weekly appearances on FanDuel Group’s “More Ways to Win” TV show hosted by Lisa Kerney, who returns to the sports betting focused pregame show for a second NFL season. Joining Kerney and McAfee on “More Ways to Win” are LA Rams and Seattle Seahawks reporter Dani Klupenger, TVG’s Dave Weaver, and FanDuel Sportsbook Oddsmaker John Sheeran. Tunity Analytics Top 10 Out-of-Home Sports Programs for the Week of September 9. Show Network Date/Time (000’s) NFL- Fox Early Games FOX 9/15/19 1p 16106 NFL - Fox Late Games FOX 9/15/19 4p 9306 NFL - CBS Early Games CBS 9/15/19 1p 7876 NFL - Eagles vs. Falcons NBC 9/15/19 8:20p 3627 NFL - CBS Late Games CBS 9/15/19 4p 3234 Source: Tunity Analytics. Viewing estimates are derived from Tunity mobile app usage for the week beginning September 9, 2019. OOH viewer impressions are calculated using Tunity Analytics proprietary estimation model. ESPORTS
Shortly after announcing his departure from OpTic Gaming and new owner Immortals Gaming Club, former OpTic CEO Hector ‘H3CZ’ Rodriquez announced that he would head over to NRG to serve as co-CEO of the team. NRG had recently landed the Chicago franchise with Blizzard’s upcoming Call of Duty League, where Rodriguez would presumably oversee the launch of the team. Riot Games mapped out plans for the League of Legends 2019 All-Star Event, which will once again take place at the HyperX Esports Arena in Las Vegas from Dec. 5-7. The three-day event will offer fans multiple competitive tournaments, including the addition of TeamFight Tactics this year, as well as charity events, and other offerings. Riot also invited more than 60 people from the League of Legends Partner Program to compete with and against pro players in a variety of game modes and tournaments for the first time. Meanwhile, IEM Katowice locked in its plans for CS:GO with a 16-team tournament that will once again be held in Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland and taking place from Feb. 28 -March 1 with a $500,000 prize pool. Ten teams will receive direct invitations while six will be determined via regional qualifiers. THE MAIN EVENT
Champions League play sees Napoli/Liverpool on TNT at 3p. |
| SAVE THE DATE Cynopsis is excited to announce that the 7th Annual Digital Awards will take place on Friday, November 8th at ThreeSitxy in NYC. This must-attend industry event will highlight the most outstanding digital campaign initiatives, technology and extraordinary video content in the highly competitive and ever-changing digital landscape. Finalists will be announced in mid-September and winners will be awarded at the event in November. |
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ON THIS DAY in 1961
The Minnesota Vikings play their first NFL game. In the Know
Which Vikings player holds the team record for most touchdowns in a season? (Email cpursell@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your company and city). Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question
Which two active MLB ballparks are older than Dodger Stadium? Answer: Fenway Park and Wrigley Field. Kudos: John Ferlazzo/London; Bill Rasmussen/NY; Drew Seldin-Atomic Crush Events/NY; Katie Cifarelli-Disney/NY; Rob Fitzpatrick/NY; Matt Laramee-Southern New Hampshire University/Manchester; Matt Marini-NFL/NJ; Roger Furman-Sports Marketing Communications/Greentown; Brianne Maciejowski-Miles/Sarasota; Matt Fumagalli-NBC/Chicago; Robert Teinowitz-Live Action Media/Chicago; Kyle Krebs-NBC5/Telemundo39/Dallas-Ft. Worth; Jean Edhlund-Cooperative Network Services/Menahga; David Hauptman/Denver; Greg Moloznik-GLM Media/Scottsdale; Rich Wolfe-Lone Wolfe Press/Scottsdale; Jim Seifert/Denver; Dave Sikula-San Francisco State University/San Francisco; Rich Greene-Casa Del Verde Entertainment/LA; Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo; Allison Stevens-Comcast Spotlight/San Francisco; Tara Aviel-Access Media Services/LA
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RESEARCH ANALYST, KIDS
Insight Strategy Group
NYC
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Full info HERE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE >> WGN America/LA: Seeking an experienced Account Executive to grow existing and develop new business for the network through the selling of national cable TV time to ad agencies and clients. Min of 5 yrs exp selling or buying national TV advertising. Full info HERE (9/29)
NATIONAL MEDIA ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE >>
Ramsey Solutions/Nashville: Proactively prospecting, qualifying, closing and growing a national account list of NEW business. 3+ yrs of sales exp. Proven track record of successfully closing NEW business while growing and renewing existing client base. Full info HERE (9/28)
RESEARCH ANALYST, KIDS >>
Insight Strategy Group/NYC: Contribute ideas & be an active voice in team brainstorming. 0-3 yrs exp mkt rsrch, or in a brand/mrktg consulting role that involves hands-on primary rsrch; exp in quantitative rsrch pref’d. Kids/family rsrch exp a strong requirement. Full info HERE (9/28)
MANAGER, PARTNER RELATIONS >>
Simulmedia/NYC: Manage & develop inventory partnerships with TV and digital media partners, provide internal guidance & analysis on inventory sources and media spend. TV media buying/planning exp, 3+ yrs. Strong relationship building, negotiating & planning skills.Full info/apply HERE (9/28)
RIGHTS & CLEARANCES COORD, CONTENT CREATION, TEMP >>
A+E/Stamford: Ensure all materials used in our internally-produced content are properly cleared and licensed. Review rights bibles, perform detailed contract analysis on license agreements & perform risk analysis. BA w/JD pref’d. Min 3 yrs exp analyzing third party licenses (music, stills). Prior exp in a TV, cable, law firm or film studio a plus. Apply HERE Full info HERE (9/27) ANALYST (FREELANCE) >>
MTV/VH1/CMT/NYC: Deep knowledge & real passion for media, ent & consumer insight. Assist in monitoring the health of key series for 3 channels; keep a finger on the pulse of what’s happening in the video content landscape. 1-2yrs rsrch exp; qualitative and quantitative research techniques—e.g., focus groups, surveys, etc. Full info HERE (9/27) MANAGER, AD SALES MARKETING >>
Discovery/LA: Collaborative team player to dvlp/execute cross-pltfrm mrktng progs across network portfolio. Lead internal planning/brainstorming in response to RFPs, activate/manage sponsorship prgrms & work effectively w/ stakeholders. 5+ yrs int mrktng exp. Full info HERE (9/27)
RESEARCH ANALYST >>
Insight Strategy Group/NYC: Be an idea contributor and an active voice in team brainstorming. 0-3yrs of exp in market rsrch, or in a brand/mktg consulting role that involves hands-on primary rsrch. Kids/family research exp pref’d. Full INFO HERE (9/27)
MANAGER, RESEARCH >>
FX Networks/LA: Manager, Research is responsible for tracking/analyzing the performance of all programs on linear and SVOD with an emphasis on Scripted Programs and landscape of TV. MUST be fluent in Excel and NPower. Multitrak and VBA exp a plus. Must have 3-5 years of relevant experience. Full info HERE (9/27)
ASSOC DIRECTOR, SOCIAL & DIGITAL STRATEGY >>
GLOW/NYC: Develop campaign direction, voice & tone, strategy, & creative for high-profile media/entrtnmt clients. 5-8 years social media & digital, pitch and new biz dev experience. Full info HERE (9/27)
AD SALES PLANNER >>
Ovation/NYC: Seeking organized/motivated candidate to join linear sales team as a leave replacement. Responsible for developing proposals, allocating inventory and stewarding existing business. Strong communication skills, proficiency in MS Excel & 2 yrs linear cable exp desired. Position available 12/2019 – 4/2020. Full info HERE (9/27)
NAT SALES ASSISTANT >>
UP/NYC: Asst AEs, Sales Plners & Pricing/Inv. Edit PowerPt presentations & excel spreadsheets. Work w/ agency buyers. Maintain order entry, inv moves & prod allocations. Effective verbal skills. Strong attn to details. Prior internship exp at TV ntwk pref’d. Full info HERE (10/24)
LINE PRODUCERS >> NY-Based ProdCo seeks strong, multi-faceted Line Producer(s) for 2+ upcoming projects. well versed in both studio and field productions, be calm under pressure, have the ability to multi-task and manage a multi-facetted budget a must. Work closely with the project creatives & talent in ensure the quality programs on-time and on-budget. Full info HERE (9/23)
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT >>
9 Story Media Group/NYC: provide administrative support to the NY development team as they oversee several projects in development. Manage calendars for two busy VPs of Dvlpmnt. 1-2 years of prior assistant work, children’s content exp. a + Full info HERE (9/20)
ACCOUNT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE >>
Crown Media Family Networks/Chicago: Maintains & grows business on assigned agency list; key liaison for Ad Sales team. Min 2 yrs. exp sales planning or buying. BA/BS req; strong MS Office Skills; prior exp. Full info HERE (9/19)
SALES ASSISTANT, DIRECT RESPONSE >>
Crown Media Family Networks/NY: This position is responsible for providing sales support to the Direct Response sales team for Crown Media Family Networks: Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, and Hallmark Drama. Full info HERE (9/19)
SR MGR, PUBLIC RELATIONS >>
TV One/Silver Spring MD: Strategize/ implement publicity plans to generate positive consumer & industry press coverage of the network’s prgrmng, leading to awareness & viewership. Min 5-6 yrs related exp & thorough understanding of social & traditional PR. PR exp w/ a prod co, studio, network or ent PR agency pref’d. Full info HERE (9/18)
DIRECTOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS >>
ACTV8me/NY: Mobile Media/Ad Tech firm - Dir Strat Partner, 6+ yrs media sales, client svce exp. 75% tri-state travel, BusDev, client mgmt. TV, Radio, Agency, venue, retail & mobile com exp. Full info HERE (9/18)
SALES PLANNER >>
RIDE TV/Chicago: Develop media proposals and creates sales presentations for all RIDE TV networks and platforms utilizing all available research, sales and content resources. 2+ yrs related advertising exp. Knwlg of research techniques and sources (Nielsen, MRI) Full info HERE (9/18)
SALES PLANNER >>
RIDE TV/NY: Develop media proposals and creates sales presentations for all RIDE TV networks and platforms utilizing all available research, sales and content resources. 2+ yrs related advertising exp. Knwlg of research techniques and sources (Nielsen, MRI) Full info HERE (9/18)
SALES PLANNER >>
RIDE TV/LA: Develop media proposals and creates sales presentations for all RIDE TV networks and platforms utilizing all available research, sales and content resources. 2+ yrs related advertising exp. Knwlg of research techniques and sources (Nielsen, MRI) Full info HERE (9/18)
SALES ASSISTANT >>
RIDE TV/LA: Establish strong business relationships and act as a liaison with ad agency counterparts and internal departments including DR, Traffic, Marketing and Accounting. Strong organizational skills; great verbal/written communication skills and ability to work in a deadline driven environment. Full info HERE (9/18)
SALES ASSISTANT >>
RIDE TV/NY: Establish strong business relationships and act as a liaison with ad agency counterparts and internal departments including DR, Traffic, Marketing and Accounting. Strong organizational skills; great verbal/written communication skills and ability to work in a deadline driven environment. Full info HERE (9/18)
BOOKING PRODUCER, MEET THE PRESS DAILY >>
MSNBC/DC: Book and produce high-profile national and international news makers, experts and guest in politics, foreign relations and business/economy. 5+ yrs exp in live TV (i.e. morning shows, cable shows, broadcast TV), 2 years in political journalism. Full info HERE (9/18)
MANAGER, PUBLICITY, CNBC PRIMETIME >>
CNBC/Englewood Cliffs NJ: Responsible for publicizing/promoting CNBC’s primetime programming & talent as well as implementing and executing PR campaigns and strategies. 4+ yrs of exp in PR/Communications. TV/Media exp pref’d. Full info HERE (9/18) |
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